From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:30:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix SF bug #697556, test_posix fails: getlogin
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~1440
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6e54f579a68c1c8e567a49464afda8599a03b7a7;p=python

Fix SF bug #697556, test_posix fails: getlogin

getlogin() can fail for too many reasons, so remove the test
---

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posix.py b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
index feb033d54d..5a0028c870 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posix.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posix.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ class PosixTester(unittest.TestCase):
                              "getegid", "geteuid", "getgid", "getgroups",
                              "getpid", "getpgrp", "getppid", "getuid",
                            ]
-        # getlogin() only works when run from a tty (terminal)
-        try:
-            if os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
-                NO_ARG_FUNCTIONS.append("getlogin")
-        except:
-            pass
 
         for name in NO_ARG_FUNCTIONS:
             posix_func = getattr(posix, name, None)